I was dumbfounded. I had never seen a wild coyote that close,

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I was dumbfounded. I had never
seen a wild coyote that close, and the only thing that occurred to me at that moment was
to talk to it. I began as one would talk to a friendly dog. And then I thought that the
coyote "talked" back to me. I had the absolute certainty that it had said something. I felt
confused but I did not have time to ponder upon my feelings, because the coyote "talked"
again. It was not that the animal was voicing words the way I am accustomed to hearing
words being voiced by human beings, it was rather a
"feeling" that it was talking. But it was not like a feeling that one has when a pet seems
to communicate with its master either. The coyote actually said something; it relayed a
thought and that communication came out in something quite similar to a sentence. I had
said, "How are you, little coyote?" and I thought I had heard the animal respond, "I'm all
right, and you?" Then the coyote repeated the sentence and I jumped to my feet. The
animal did not make a single movement. It was not even startled by my sudden jump. Its
eyes were still friendly and clear. It lay down on its stomach and tilted its head and asked,
"Why are you afraid?" I sat down facing it and I carried on the weirdest conversation I had
ever had. Finally it asked me what I was doing there and I said I had come there to "stop
the world." The coyote said, "Que bueno!"
and then I realized that it was a bilingual
coyote. The nouns and verbs of its sentences were in English, but the conjunctions and
exclamations were in Spanish. The thought crossed my mind that I was in the presence of
a Chicano coyote. I began to laugh at the absurdity of it all and I laughed so hard that I
became almost hysterical. Then the full weight of the impossibility of what was
happening struck me and my mind wobbled. The coyote stood up and our eyes met. I
stared fixedly into them. I felt they were pulling me and suddenly the animal became
iridescent; it began to glow

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